Mass profiles of Galaxy Clusters from X-ray analysis
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-06-15 v2
Abstract
We review the methods adopted to reconstruct the mass profiles in X-ray luminous galaxy clusters. We discuss the limitations and the biases affecting these measurements and how these mass profiles can be used as cosmological proxies.
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@article{arxiv.1303.3530,
title = {Mass profiles of Galaxy Clusters from X-ray analysis},
author = {S. Ettori and A. Donnarumma and E. Pointecouteau and T. H. Reiprich and S. Giodini and L. Lovisari and R. W. Schmidt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.3530},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
38 pages. Review paper. Accepted for publication in Space Science Reviews (eds: S. Ettori, M. Meneghetti). This is a product of the work done by an international team at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern on "Astrophysics and Cosmology with Galaxy Clusters: the X-ray and Lensing View" (1 figure added; updated references; made minor text changes to conform to journal proofs)